elephurl backend

URL shortener API built with PHP 8.2, Redis, and MySQL.

Features

• Shorten URLs with random or custom codes
• Click tracking and basic analytics
• Rate limiting per IP
• Bot detection
• URL safety validation

Setup

docker compose up -d

Runs on http://localhost:8080

Tests

docker compose exec php composer test

Linting

docker compose exec php composer lint

Seed Sample Data

docker compose exec php composer db:seed

Populates the database with 100 sample URLs and click data.